End of cash for one group of people in South Africa

• The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has called for a ban on all cash transactions by scrap metal dealers to protect the country’s infrastructure from vandalism and illicit trade.
• The commission cited thousands of kilometres of copper cable stolen from state infrastructure groups such as Eskom and Transnet, resulting in hundreds of millions of rands in losses.
• The SAHRC said the Second-Hand Goods Amendment Bill has been approved for public comment, but no gazetted publication of the Bill has been identified.